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xcodebuild

officiallocal-onlypackage managementcurl

Apple · Apple builds, ios/macos projects, and xcode automation from the terminal.

$ xcode-select --install
One-liner to try
$ xcodebuild -list

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Readiness
Usable with guardrails · 60/100
Verify
xcodebuild --version
Agent URL
/cli/xcodebuild/agent.md

Quick reference

Install
xcode-select --install
Verify
xcodebuild --version
First command
xcodebuild -list
Machine JSON
/cli/xcodebuild.json

About

The official CLI from Apple. Apple builds, ios/macos projects, and xcode automation from the terminal. Runs entirely on your machine.

Example workflow

1. xcodebuild -list

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